Etymology

pedomotive

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Today it means: Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle. Full definition →

English motive ← Middle English motif ← Late Latin mōtīvum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
  3. Proto-Italic*pets
  4. Latinpēs
  5. Englishpedo-
  6. Anglo-Normanmotif
  7. Middle Frenchmotif
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*moweō
  11. Latinmoveō
  12. Latinmōtus
  13. Late Latinmōtīvum
  14. Middle Englishmotif
  15. Englishmotive
  16. English todaypedomotive

From pedo- (“foot”) + motive.

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